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Topshots of the Week (9-15 September, 2023)

 

Selection of some of the most striking photographs taken by AFP photojournalists this past week (9-15 September, 2023).

 

Tourists enjoy a camel safari in a desert

Tourists enjoy a camel safari at a desert in Pushkar on September 10, 2023.
© Himanshu SHARMA / AFP

Woman reacts standing infront of her earthquake-damaged house

A woman reacts standing infront of her earthquake-damaged house in the old city in Marrakesh on September 9, 2023. A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late September 8 killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night.
© Fadel SENNA / AFP

Aerial view of people on the beach

Aerial view of people sunbathing at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 10, 2023.
© Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP

Overturned cars lay among other debris caused by flash floods

Overturned cars lay among other debris caused by flash floods in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023. Flash floods in eastern Libya killed more than 2,300 people in the Mediterranean coastal city of Derna alone, the emergency services of the Tripoli-based government said on September 12.
© AFP

 Moon Jellyfish and Sting Jellyfish

This picture taken on September 11, 2023 shows Moon Jellyfish (with rings) and Sting Jellyfish (yellow-orange inside) among a smack of a several thousand swimming off Seglvik, in northern Norway.
© Olivier MORIN / AFP

Resident navigates through the rubble following an earthquake

A resident navigates through the rubble following a 6.8-magnitude quake in Marrakesh on September 9, 2023. A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late September 8 killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night.
© Fadel SENNA / AFP

Coco Gauff poses with the trophy at the US Open tennis tournament

USA's Coco Gauff poses with the trophy after defeating Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open tennis tournament women's singles final match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 9, 2023.
© Angela WEISS / AFP

Shakira performsonstage during the MTV Video Music Awards

Colombian singer Shakira performsonstage during the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on September 12, 2023.
© Timothy A. CLARY / AFP